Traffic Exchange Discovery

admin | July 14, 2010

After discovering Traffic Exchanges in 2002, the traffic to my website increased 100 times. I thought I had hit the magic button for the jackpot. People were visiting my small informational website. What I learned very quickly, the average Traffic Exchange member at that time and on the Traffic Exchanges I belonged too, were interested [...]

Blogging Buddies

admin | June 20, 2010

Blogging buddies are similar to guest bloggers, joint venture blogging, only with a twist. I blog about marketing and promoting, my friend Claudia is a graphic designer and I introduce her to a publisher friend. Their relationship is mutually beneficial with Claudia helping them with book covers and they in-turn recommend her web-design to up [...]

What is a splash page?

admin | May 27, 2010

A splash page is similar to a book cover. It is used to capture the viewers attention quickly and links directly to your website or your publishers website. A splash page is 600×400 px graphic which is easy to load and tells the surfer the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where and why. It communicates [...]

Romantic Times Convention Part 2

admin | May 8, 2010

Military Mixer – Romantic Times Convention Not only did we have the Mortician’s conference and the Vampire Ball in the same building, we also had Ellora’s Cave publications outside of the United Methodist Bishops conference. The universe had a sense of humor that week. The book fair had no less than 1,000 people standing in [...]

Romantic Times Convention

admin | April 29, 2010

Where in the world is it normal for a Mortician’s Conference and a Vampire Ball to converge in the same space? Romantic Times Convention of course! It’s only Thursday, we’re not even half way over and the champagne is flowing and male models are glowing. The authors are gathering more scenes for future story lines [...]

Open Source Programs, are you savvy?

admin | April 24, 2010

When I began doing my websites,  I had to do them on a shoestring budget.  Open Source programs became my best friend.  They were and still free.  My favorite open source programs to date are Open Office, which has everything and more than Microsoft Word; Cute PDF Writer acts like a printer and saves your [...]

Choosing A Conference

admin | March 25, 2010

CHOOSING A CONFERENCE With conference season fast approaching, there are more to choose from than you’ll ever attend in a lifetime. How do you select the one(s)you will gain the most benefit from… or the most bang for your buck? First off, I have to say don’t necessarily limit your selection to a specific genre. [...]

Blog Requests

admin | March 9, 2010

Author-Exchange Promotional Services is opening their blog to Authors, Reviewers, Literary Agents, and Publishers. To be featured on our blog, you will need to use the support ticket system. This is a free offer at this time. Once we have launched, this will be offered to our A-List Members as part of their membership package. [...]

Author-Exchange promotes You

admin | January 22, 2010

Author-Exchange promotes authors, book lovers, reviewers, literary agents, large and small publishers, and any site promoting the publishing or writing field. Increase your sales and the business side of your writing career. Stand out and be noticed. Author-Exchange is a niche site for booklovers, catering to the folks who read the books, write the books, [...]

Graphics for Author-Exchange and You

admin | December 30, 2009

Claudia Beck, has furnished us with some amazing graphics to use on Author-Exchange. She does fantastic graphics. Whether you are in need of website graphics or a new book cover Claudia is your gal. She has been a work at home mom and business woman for several years while promoting her own successful businesses. Not [...]